Dumping-car.



No. 676,102. Patented lune ll, I901. J. J. SOUDER.

puuPme CAR. (Ap'plication filed Oct. 16, 1900') 2 Sheets Sheet 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JACOB J. SOUDER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA. I

DUMPlNG-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,102, dated June 11, 1901. Application filed October 16,1900. Sana. 233225. (llomodeld Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. SOUDER, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements inDumping-Oars; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to railway freight-cars, has especial reference tothat class of cars which discharge their contents through the bottom. ofthe car, has for its object rapid unloading of the car, and consists incertain improvements in construction, which will be fully disclosed inthe following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a railway freight-car embodyingmy improvements; Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section on the line A Aon an enlarged scale, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of one end of a car.

Reference being had to the drawings and the designating charactersthereon, 1 indicates the body of the car, and 2 and 3 sections of thebottom of the car, which extend from the sides 4 of the body downwardand inward beyond the wheels 5 of the car, as shown in Fig. 2, todischarge the contents of the car between the rails 6 of the track; Theinner edges of the sections are supported upon stayrods or trusses 7,which cross and rest upon the apex or center section 8 of the bottom ofthe car. The outer edges rest against and are secured to the sides 4 ofthe car in any suitable manner, and the sides rest upon the sills 9,while the apex or center section 8 rests upon and is secured to thecenter sill 10 in any suitable manner. The fixed side sections and thecenter section extend throughout the length of the car, and crossing thecar over the bolsters (not shown) are doubleinclined caps 11, and a likecap 12 crosses the car in the longitudinal center thereof. Theseinclined caps, which are about eighteen inches deep, together with theinclined bottom sections 2 and 3, direct the contents of the car towardthe openings in the bottom of the car when discharging.

13, 14, 15, and 16 indicate sections or doors in the bottom of the car,which are hinged at 17 to the sill 10, adjoin the center section 8, areof the same angle of inclination as the section 8, close against theinner edges of the fixed sections 2 and 3 and open inward toward thetransverse center of the car, and when fully open assume a verticalposition and rest against and are braced by the sill 10. These sectionsextend throughout the length of the car-body, the sections 13 and 16respectively extend from one end of the car to the bolster, and thesections 14 and 15 respectively extend from the bolster to thelongitudinal center of the car. The hinged sections are connected bychains 18 to rods 19 on each side of the car under the fixed sections 2and 3 and are supported upon hangers in the usual manner of supportingsuch devices on cars. These rods or shafts are provided with mitergear-wheels 20, which are engaged by like wheels 21 on opposite ends ofa transverse rod or shaft 22, by which the rods 19 are connected, and onone end of one of the rods 19 is a worm-gear 23, which is engaged by alike gear 24 on a vertical rod or shaft 25, having a hand-wheel 26, bywhich the rods are revolved, and all the hinged sections are loweredsimultaneously to discharge the contents of the car and again raised inlike manner after the contents have been discharged. The chains 18 andthe rods 19 are located under the fixed sections 2 and 3, so that theycannot become clogged or fixed by the settling of the contents of thecar and interfere with their ready operation.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim is i 1. A dumping-car having fixed inclined bottom sectionsextending throughout the length of the car and from the sides of thebody inward beyond the line of the wheels of the car, and hingedinclined sections closing against the inner edges of said fixed sectionsand secured to the center sill of the car to open inward or toward thetransverse center of the car 5 in combination with means under the fixedsections for lowering and raising the hinged sections synchronously.

2. Adumping-carhavingfixed andinclined bottom sections extendingthroughout the length of the car and from the sides of the body inwardbeyond the Wheels, stay-rods or trusses supporting the adjacent edgesthereof,

and supporting the adjacent edges of the side sections, and hingedinclined sections of the angle of inclination of the center section andsecured to said sill to open inward or toward the transverse center ofthe car and to be supported thereby when open; in combination with meansunder the fixed sections of the car for lowering and raising the hingedsections synchronously.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.I

JACOB J. SOUDER. Witnesses:

D. G. REINOHL, DAVID MAYER.

